The Long Island area qualifier for the 2025 Chubb will be held on Monday-Tuesday, July 7-8, at The WaterFront Center, Oyster Bay, NY, where four person teams will sail Sonar keelboats provided by WFC.

The teams competing in Oyster Bay will represent six regions (Hudson River, Eastern CT, Eastern LI, Great South Bay, Western LIS, and the Virgin Islands) that constitute the geography known as US Sailing Area B.

Eligible teams will have sailors who have reached their 13th birthday but not their 19th birthday during 2025, be US Sailing individual or family members, and be members of a yacht club, sailing club, community sailing program or other sailing organization that is located within US Sailing Area B (full eligibility details are in the Notice of Race on Clubspot).

At least six Sonars are available and they will be assigned to eligible teams on a first come basis who register online at this link.

The final registration deadline is 11:59 pm on Wednesday, July 2. At least three teams must be registered to enable the event to be held. Entries for all four team members for each boat must be completed by the registration deadline to allow US Sailing to accept the final entries before the July 4th holiday weekend commences

US Sailing individual or family membership will be validated during entry. Team entries may be initiated by a parent of the junior skipper, who will request the parents of the other junior crew members to also validate US Sailing membership (junior sailing program offices will be unable to process entries for this event).

Two of the top finishing teams at the Area B qualifier will be invited to race J/22s during the Chubb U.S. Youth Championship for the Sears Cup Trophy in San Francisco from August 7-10, 2025.

What’s the history of the Chubb regatta?
This year marks the 104th anniversary of the inaugural Sears trophy regatta in 1921 for competition among juniors at Massachusetts yacht clubs. Eligibility was broadened in the following year to include yacht clubs such as Larchmont and Seawanhaka Corinthian on Long Island Sound. Today, sailors race in boats provided by US Sailing and the event host to ensure the quality of the equipment and a level playing field. Coaching is provided for all competitors by US Sailing Coaches.